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F. BARTELS.

HARVESTER. APPLICATION HLED MAR. 29, I918. RENEWED JULY 26,1920.

Patented Feb. 22, 1921.

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HARV'ESTER.

APPLICATION HLED MAR. 29,1918. RENEWED JULY 26,1920.

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FRANK BARTELS. F OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA HARVESTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 29, 1918, Serial 11o. 225,385. Renewed July 26,.1920. Serial No. 899,161.

- To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK BARTELs,

- citizen of the United States, residing at drawings,

Oakland, in the county of Alameda. and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Harvesters, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is a harvester and gatherer,

particularly adapted for harvesting rice,

and gleaning cereal seed from a field after.

tion.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of my invention. Fig. 3 is a rear view thereof. Fig. 4 is an elevation of one of the gleanmg units.

. ig. 5 is a plan of the under side of said gleaning unit.

-Fig. 6 is a cross section of sald gleaning unit taken on line 6-6 of Fig. 4.

' Fig. 7 is a front elevation of a rice harvester unit.

Fig. 8 is a vertical sectionofsaid harvester.

Fig. 9 is a fragmentary elevation of the lower part of a modified form of gleaning unit.

Fig. 10 is a lower plan view of said modified gleaning unit.

Fig. 11 1s a vlew of one of the nozzles of said modified gleaning unit.

In the drawing, 1 indicates a truck ineluding a body 2 and front and. rear wheels vester unit 9 3 and 4 upon which said body is mounted. Said truck may be drawn or driven over a field in any suitable obvious manner. On

the rear of said truck body is mounted a leaning harvester unit 9, which includes a opper 8 having a connection through a duct 6, to a suction motor 5, disposed-on a rearportion of the truck.- Another haris detachably mounted on the truck and arranged at one side thereof.

Said harvester unit 9' includes a hopper 10,.

supported in any suitable manner, connected to the duct 6 by ducts 7 and 11, which are bolted together by bolts 14 whereby the harvester unit 9 is detachably mounted on the truck 1. A harvester unit 15 is mounted on ,theunit 9'. The unit 15 has a mouth 16 and a throat 17 leading upwardly therefrom into the hopper 10 throu h an externally threaded sleeve 18 fitte the lower wall of said hopper. Vertical longitudinal grooves are provided in the throat 17 into which project lugs 19 from the/sleeve 18 whereby the unit 15 is prevented from turning in the sleeve 18 with relation to the truck 1, the sleeve being maintained rigidly in the lower wall of hopper 10 by nuts 21 and 22 screwing on said sleeve against the lower and upper faces of the lower wall of the hopper 10. A leg 23 depends from the rear of the unit 15 in the.

lower end of which is journaled a roller 24 which rolls along the round and sustains the unit at the desired e evation as ittravls.

A gatherer 25 is located in the mouth 16, said gatherer including rows of stationary pins 26, extending from the lower wall of the front of the mouth 16 to the rear wall of the throat 17, and rows of pins 27 on a rotary drum 28 on shaft 29 journaled in the side walls of mouth 16, said rows of pins being arranged to rotate between the rows of stationary pins 26. A beater 30 is journaled in front of the mouth, 16 and the gatherer 25, in brackets 31 depending from the front of hopper 10 for directing the heads of the rice plants into the mouth 16 and picker 25a Pulleys 32 and 33 are respectively secured Patented Feb. 22, 1921.

in an opening 1non the drum shaft 29 and to the beater 30 over which pulleys travels a belt 34. A sprocket 35 is also secured on drum shaft 29.

A plurality of mounted in the hopper 8. Each of said gleaning units includes an inverted funnel member 41 having a plurality of depending mouths 42 at its lower enlarged end and spaced laterally apart at a slight distance, and having a cylindrical stack 43, which stack extends u wardly into the hopper 8 through externa ly threaded sleeve 44 fitted in an opening in the lower wall of said hopper. Vertical longitudinal grooves 19 are provided in the stacks 43 into which project lugs or ribs 20 from the sleeves 44 whereby the gleaning units 40 are prevented from turning in said sleeves, the sleeves being maintained rigidly in the lower wall of the hopper 8, by nuts 44' and 44*, threadgleaning units 40 are ed thereon the lower and the upper faces of said wall of the hopper. Runners 50 are secured to the sides of the funnels 41 which run on the ground and hold the mouths 42 of the funnels slightl above the surface of the ground. Externa flanges 51 are provided at the top of the stacks 43 and springs 52 surround said stacks between the top of the sleeves 44 and said flan s which sustain most of the weight of t e gleaning units 40 so that the runners 50.

. controlling the operation of the gleaning units.

"A duct 56 leads from the suction motor 5 to a suction motor 60. On the shaft 61 of. suction motor are secured pulleys 62 and 63, sprocket 64 and pulley 65. A belt 66 passes over pulley 62 and pulley 67 on drive shaft'68 of gas engine 70 mounted on truck body 2 whereby the shaft 61 and motor 60 are driven. A belt, 71 passes over pulley 63 and pulle' 72 on shaft 73 of suction motor 5 where y said motor is driven from shaft 61. A chain 75 passes over sprockets 64fand 35, whereby the harvester 9 is operated. I

A duct 76 leads from suction motor 60 and communicates with a sifter 80 and a hood 81 arran (1 above and forwardly of said sifter. 'l lie sifter .80includes a trough 82, havin slightf above the bottom of the trough, and a tootlied a 'tator 85 mounted on a shaft 86 journale in the side walls of the sifter. the teethof which agitator engaging said screen to sift' the dirt from the cereal through said screen into said trough and out through said outlet. A bag 87 slips over the forward end of duct 76 and rests upon the truck body to receive the cereal after it has been harvested or gleaned and passed through the sifter 80 and the dirt sifted therefrom. A slide valve 88 is interposed in the duct 76 in advance of the sifter. A pulley 89 is secured on the sifter shaft 86 over which and the pulley 65 passes a belt 90. A duct 91 leads from the hood 81 to an auxiliary sifter 95. Said sifter includes a tray 96 having a screen bottom 97 and mounted on spring legs 98 secured to the truck body 2. An eccentric 99 secured to the sifter tray 96 surrounds an eccentric 100 secured to sifter shaft 86 whereby the tray is shaken backward and forward on its an outlet 83, a screen 84 arranged spring legs to sift the dirt out of the cereal that enters the tray from the duct 91. A side valve 106 is placed in the duct 91 to control the delivery of the cereal from the hood 81 and the sifter 95.

In the modified gleaning unit shown in Figs. 9 to 11 inclusive, nozzles 101 depend from the mouths 42 of said units to project into furrows and convey the seed from said furrows into the funnel 41. Said nozzles include an upper member 102 bolted to the walls of the mouths 42 and a lower member 103 hinged by. hinge 104- at the rear of swung backwardly by a lump of earth and has passed over the lump.

The rice harvested by the harvester 9 is drawn by the suction motor 5 through hopper 10, and ducts 11, 7 and 6 into the suction motor 5, whereupon the suction motor 60 .draws the cereal through duct 76 and sifter 80 and delivers it into bagv 87 or sifter 95, as desired, the delivery of the cereal being controlled by valves 88 and 106. If the sifting of the cereal by the sifter 80 is suflicient the valve 106 is closed and valve 88 is opened toallow the cereal to enter the ba If a finer sifting is desired the valve 88 1s closed and valve 106 is opened to deliver the cereal into the sifter 95.

- The harvester may be removed from the .truck by removing the bolts 14 from the flanges Hand 13 and by removing the chain 75 from either sprocket 35 or 64.

For gleaning the valve 55 is opened; the

suction motor 5 draws the seed through the mouths 42, into funnels 41, up stacks 43 into hopper 8, through duct 6 and into sai motor whereupon the motor 60 conducts the seed from motor 5 to the bag 87 or sifter 95 as described.

Having described my invention, I claim as newand desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A machine for harvesting rice and the like comprising a truck, two harvester ing the harvester units inoperative, said second harvesting unit. being detachable from the truck and the suction means.

2. A harvester of the character described comprising a truck, a primary harvester the truck for separatiriiig unit (Lomprising a beater mechanism mounted'on the truck, a leaner unit on the truck to the rear of the arvester unit, means on the grain or cereal from the dirt and oh and means for conveying the'gathered material from the units through sa1d separating means to a point of dellvery.

. up anddown over stack extending upw ,said hopper,

3. A harvester of the character described comprising a truck, a primary harvester unit comprising a beater gathering mechanism on the truck, a suction gleaner unit also on the truck in alinement with the line of draft, theharvester unit being to one side of the truck, and suction means connected with said units on the truck for conveying the harvested a point of delivery.

4. A harvester of comprising a truck,

the character described a detachable primary harvester unit comprising a beater mechanism mounted on the truck, a suction gleaner unit on "the truck, suction means for conveying the harvested material to a oint of delivery on the truck, and means or controlling'the operation of the gleaner unit.

5. In, a gleaning machine, a truck, a gleaning unit mounted on said truck to move vertically, a spring for partially sustaining the weight of said unit" and means on said unit'for'engagin the surface of the ground, said unit being t us enabled to move the irregular surface of the round and means for drawing I the cerea through said unit.

6. In a gleaning machine, a truck, a gleaning unit including an inverted funnel member having a. stack extending upwardly from said funnel, mouths depending from the lower end of said funnel member and spaced laterally apart, means formaintaining said unit in such position that said mouths rest a slight distance from the ground, and means for drawing the cereal throulgh said mouths, funnel and stack.

7. n a gleaning machine, -'a truck, a gleaning unit includ'n a funnel member, a ardly from said .funnel,

months depending from said funnel and spaced laterally apart, means for maintain-- ing said unit in such position that said mouthsv rest a slight distance from the ground, Spreaders in front of said mouths to spread the stubble and means for drawing the cereal through said mouths, funnel and stack.

8. In a gleaning machine, a truck, a hopa suctlon motor in communication with said motor, a gleaning unit including a funnel, mouths at the bottom of said funnel, an externally threaded sleevein the bottom of a stack extending upwardly from said funnel through saidsleeve, nuts on said sleeve engaging the hopper bottom to hold the sleeve 1n position, an external material therefrom to unit rality o rality of months through which the cereal flange on the top of said stack, a sprin surrounding said stack between the top 0. said sleeve and said flange, and runners on said unit engaging the ground to maintain said unit in proper position with relation to the ground.

9. In a leaning machine, a truck, a hopper, a suction motor in communication with said motor, a gleaning unit including a funnel, months atthe" bottom of said funnel, an externally threaded sleeve in the bottom of said hopper, a stack extending upwardly from said funnel through said sleeve, nuts on said sleeve engaging the hopper-bottom to hold the sleeve in position, an external flange on the top'of said stack, a spring surrounding said stack" between the top of'said sleeve and said flange, runners on said unit engaging the ground to maintain said unit in. proper position with relation to the ground, said stack being formed with vertical slots, and lugs on said sleeve projecting into said slots. 4 a

10. In a harvester, a truck, a suction motor on said truck, a hopper on said truck communicating with said motor, a harvester.

unit including a throat mounted to. move vertlcall 1n sald hopper in accordance with the sur ace of the ground, a mouth communicating with said throat, a gatherer including rows of stationary pins extending arranged to pass between said rows of stationary pins.

11. In a harvester, a truck, a suction motor on said truck, a hopper on said truck communicating with said motor, a harvester including a throat, an externally threaded sleeve fitting in the bottom of said hopper through which said sleeve extends, nuts on said sleeve engaging the respective sides of said hopper bottom, and a gatherol in said unit.

12. In a harvester, a truck, a suction motor on said truck, a hopper .on saidtruck communicating with said motor, an externally threaded sleeve fitting in the bottom of said hopper through: which said sleeve extends, nuts on said sleeve engaging therein, said throat and sleeve being provided with a vertical slot and lug guide means for retaining the throat against rotation in said sleeve.

13. A leaning machine comprising a pluf gleaner units each havinga plumay enter the unit, nozzles depending from saidv mouths to enter furrows, and means for drawing the seed through said 'nozzles, mouths and through said unit.

14. In a gleamng machine, a gleaning unit having a mouth through which the cereal may enter, a substantially rigid and mouth and through said unit, and means permitting said nozzle to flex as it passes over obstacles on the ground.

15. In a gleaning machine, a gleaning unit having a mouth through which the through said unit, said nozzle being hinged cereal may enter, a nozzle depending from said mouth, means for drawing the seed nozzle depending from said mouth, means .for drawing the seed through said nozzle at the rear to permit it to swing over lumps,

and means for normally holding said nozzle 1n extended position. In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

FRANK BARTELS. 

